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THE VALENTINE QEMOCW
I. M. HICK lJ' * "t. . , -
MARK ZAKR Foreman.
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Entered at the postofiice at Valentine , Cherrv c > i'ntyJ/N br. . . s Se court
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Parties living outside Cherry county are requested to pay in advance.
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THURSDAY , MARCH 7 , 1907.
YES , WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF IT ?
That Letter. What do .you
think of it ?
WQ suppose that everyone who
read the county attorney's letter
to Mr. Wakefield , regarding the
quarantining of his family , formed
an opinion. That was only a nat
ural thing for them to do. Furth
er comment was not necessary.
The Republican took up the de
fense of the county attorney's ac
tion automatically , which was a ,
natural thing for that paper to do.
We were not surprised that some
defense would be attempted , but
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we did not think The Kupublican
would claim that the county at
torney had prosecuted every case
and every violation of the law 'to
which his attention had been called.
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But that is not a surprise either.
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We would suggest for the en
lightenment of our esteemed con
temporary , if he should not hap
pen to know , that he may inquire
of people near Thacher regarding
complaints made against two people
ple living in open violation of the
law. Did the county attorney
prosecute them ?
Did he prosecute anybody at
Woodlake for selling intoxicating
liquors in open violation of the
law ?
Perhaps our local contemporary
is aware of other similar cases
that he thinks the people are not
aw.are of.
tO , Lord , help us to inflict
punishment upon our enemies who
are transgressors and to shield our
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' friends , " is too much the policy
of those clothed in a little brief
authority.
HANNA VOTED NO !
On the last day of February the
2-cent fare bill was passed with
the proviso that no railroad shall
b3 required to sell any ticket for
less than 5 cents and was sent to
/jov. Sheldon for his approval
which he has seen fit to withhold.
The bill was passed by the senate
in a vote of 27 for , and 4 : against ,
one of the four being Senator
Hanna of Cherry county.
The senate amendment was con
curred in by the house in a vote
of 91 for and 1 against.
The four senators who voted
against the bill were :
Burns of Lancaster.
Glover of Custer.
Gould of Greeley.
Hanna of Cherry.
Our own David Hanna , whom
Cherry county supported so loyal
ly , lias now explained his vote of
two years ago as representative on
the 100-pound rate stock shipping
bill which , people were told waste
to their interests and advantage.
[ People will no longer doubt that
Mr. Hanna's motives were wholly
with the stockmen whom he did
not wish to get the worst of it in
crowding their cattle into a car ,
nor to endanger their lives by be
ing encouraged to ride too fre
quently on the railroad cars. ]
The 2-cent passenger traffic will
go into effect from today ( Thurs
day ) in the state of Nebraska.
Our representative , Albert H.
Metzger has stood for the measures
that Cherry county people needed
and have long wanted , and it seems
that the majority of the legislature
this year forgot partisanship and
worked for the interests of the
people generally , but David Han
na and a few others will have to
explain before we can understand
the wisdom of his records in the
legislature.
We could not oppose him strong
ly in the last campaign because he
was a stockman and we thought
he would be interested in lower
freight and passenger rates and
other things in common with our
people. We are sorry to learn
different. David Hanna has run
his race in Cherry county politics.
Not because he has voted against
the people's interest in this one
case , but because of such a tend
ency to forget the interests of his
constituents.
SHELDON WOULDN'T SIGN.
Gov. Sheldon has won the dis-
appoval of Nebraska people gen
erally in his refusal to sign the 2-
cent fare bill which so unanimous
ly passed the senate and house last
week. His refusal to sign the bill
amounts to a veto as far as wil
lingness goes to do something for
the people , and lines him up with
the railroads , along with Speaker
Nettleton , David Hanna and a few
others who have proved traitorous
to their trust and who are only
held back by the wholesale ma
jority against them irom doing
more for the railroa'ds under cov
er of uthe best we-could do. "
It appears that Gov. Sheldon
was expecting the legislature to
fail to pass the 2-cent fare bill in
effective manner and that he ex
pected to become a "big man" for
the people ostentatiously while
playing into the hands of the
railroads by effecting a 2lc rate
compromise to supplant the dis-
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CARPENTER & BUILDER.
All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes
Valentine , - . Nebraska
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pair of the 2-cent rate fgr which
hr H Id receive credit" from both ,
tl > e ppopjf- and the railroads.
T uM Vivo the
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of placing nim an'apparont vic
tor over railway domination , with
the people
Whatever maybe Gov. Shel
don's motive , it will be hard for
him -in explain satisfactorily to
t' ' . ' [ ; , U ; lnt he is other than a
railrnad mpathizer and not in
sympathy with the over-burdened
tax paying farmers who have
more than their share of Ne-
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brasKa's expense. It is plain to
be seen that the governor wants to
remain non-committal , perhaps
for political effect.
How would the 2-cent rate bill
have fared at the hands of Gov. ,
Sheldon if it had passed with a
meagre majority , with no hopes of
two-thirds majority over a veto
by the governor ?
We are inclined to the belief
that the bill would have been
etoed and killed had such been
the case.
Why didn't the people vote for
Shallenberger who came out flatfooted -
footed in his campaign for the
2-cent rate and get the man who
would have been in harmony with
the people and their legislature ?
It was partisan politics , domi
neered by railroad influence , that
defeated Mr. Shallenberger.
The people see their mistake
now when it is too late , but will
they take heed and vote different
next time , or will they continue
to be humbugged as in the past ?
Some are beginning to get their
eyes opened and we hope there
will be careful and thoughtful voting
ing and thinking after this ex
perience , which by reason of honest -
i
est legislators exposed th.e 'trait
orous element
THE RAILROAD ATTITUDE-
"Whom the gods would destroy
they first make mad. " This quo
tation applies to the railroad man
agement hereabouts.
The policy of railroads is an ex
cellent specimen of business folly.
It was such when they undertook
to fight their taxes in the most of
fensive way. They sowed the
wind and they are reaping the
whirlwind in a thoroughly aroused
public resentment.
Nevertheless they are not satis
fied. They now announce that
they will fight the 2-cent passenger
rate legislation of Nebraska , Iowa ,
Missouri and other states. They
will be beaten , but even if they
wee sure to win the result would
only be to fan the flame of public
resentment and in the end to pro
duce more extreme measures of
control.
And now , here in Omaha , we
are told that the Union Pacific
will abandon its headquarters en
terprise and the Northwestern will
curtail its freight terminal plans.
In other words , the railroad
management proposes to bite off
his nose to spite his face.
Go on , gentlemen. The public
can stand it if you can. The day
of reckoning will come. The
forces of regulation and control
now slowly getting into action are
gathering strength day by day ,
and every spiteful act of railroad
resentment only hastens the cul
mination. World-Herald.
FOB SALE
Fruit and shade trees of all kinds ,
and small fruit , sliruhs and flowers.
Send in your orders or see me at
the cellar in Valentine. Trees will
be ready for delivery about middle
of April. 5 JOHN FERSTL.
MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN
Tiie average man comes ver. %
near being an idiot in taking c-
a. fur dip ! ! ur > 11i t
while his shoes lei in the -now an < <
water. lie wears an overcoat or ,
his back and nothing but a thin
shirt over his chest , fie i- * might \ "
scared about freezing liis fi"g k
while Ins throat 5exp' -e l ' 1 / ,
za : ' l- a/ni he is olu-n ailing
tiiiukhe. H It's herb tea. rou
tonics , P terV pills , Paul's pine
cordials or plaster * and cures , nn
til the balance wheel in the ma
chine comes to a stop. Nature
wants to keep going , but she can't
He drinks whiskey and that clog * ,
the valves ; he pours down lemon
ade , ginger ale , butte.rmilk , ice
water , tea coffee , and what not ,
and then wonders why the fire
under the boiler do riot burn. 1.
you should take an ox and put him
through a like performance he'd ;
be dead in a year. The simplest' '
aud plainest laws of health are
outraged every hour of the clay by
the average man. Did Adam
smoke ? Did JEve wear corsets ?
Did Solomon chew tobacco ? Did
Ruth chew gum ? Did the children
of Israel make for a beer garden
after crossing the Red sea ? Did Re
becca eat gum drops and ice cream
and call for soda water ? Adam
was the first and was made perf
ect from head to heel. How long
would he remain so after eating a
mince pie before going to bed ?
Suppose he had slept in a bed
room 5x7 with the windows down ,
the door shut and two dogs under
the bed ? Suppose Eve had laced
herself up in a corset , put on tight
shoes , sat up all hours of the night
eating her fill of trash and sizzled
her hair. When you come to
look at the way a man misbehaves
himself you e.an only wonder he
ever lived to get there. Cherokee
( Okla. ) Messenger.
Table Items.
Otis Hahn , Jr. , has been nursing
'the mumps.
We hear John Granger has been
selling some fine colts to Jim Pet-
tycrew.
Was glad to see the rest room
patronized. That is a good thing
for Valentine.
Mrs. Mary Fowler will return
this month after the wedding of her
neice at Pomeroy , Iowa.
Lots of folks from the table took
in the silver medal contest. Ger
trude Shelbourn won the first prize
and Edna Hobson the second. Good
for the table girls.
Wonder if the city board could
not pass a law against spitting up
on the sidewalks. At a recent visit
to the city it was next to impossible
for ladies to step along the Main
street walks without stepping in
puddles of spit or their skirts dip
ping into the filth from the mouths
or throats of those bipeds who
think it manly to expectorate large
ly upon the sidewalks. Some of
our large cities impose a fine for
such , and it is not a dead law either
as many have found to their cost.
Say , what are you editors doing
now ? Getting ready for the spring
municipal election we suppose by
the mud that has been thrown
about the Wakefield's. We read the
letter in THE DEMOCRAT and saw
nothing to criticise , except that by
the time they received the letter
from the county attorney they
might all have been dead. Why
did he not take a team and a doc
tor and go out and .investigate the
truth of the charge , or phone outer
or send out a physician. We un
derstand there is a doctor employed
by the county and therefore is a
health officer. If all casesof ] diph
theria , measles , ( scarlet fever , scar
let rash or scarletina , all the same
disease in a slightly different form )
were quarantined by the families ,
how soon would there be an end to
epidemics so oftan fatal. Please
dish up our hash without a mixture
of county or city mud.
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C3 SSj FRED WHITI'EMORE , t'res CHARLES SPARKS , ( '
& .1. vV STETPEK , Vice Pres. ORAH L BRITTONT , Ass't Cashier.
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n Valentine State Bank
Valentine , Nebraska
. Capital Surplus
Or. $25,000. $2,500.as C 3
Persons seeking- place of safety for their money , will profitby
investigating- methods employed in our business. : : : : : : : : : :
IS A DOLLAR MADE !
Furniture and Hardware , Household Neces
sities in the best Enamel Ware , Eustless Tin ,
Copper and Nickle Plated Cooking Vessels.
Everything to furnish the home. My goods
were bought before the raise. Come and
get them at the old prices which are equal
to a big discount. To see is to believe.
Come and be convinced.
FRANK FISCHER ,
Hardware , Furniture and Coal.
Pure Liquor Center
In all ages of the World and in all Countries men
have indulged in "social drinks and have used
Whiskey for medical purposes. " They have always
possessed themselves of some popular beverage
apart from water and those of the breakfast and
tea table. Whether it is Judicious that Mankind
should continue to indulge in such things , or
whether it would be wise to abstain from all en
joyments of that character , it is not our province
to decide. We leave that question to the Moral
Philosopher.
We desire the PUBLIC TO KNOW that we
are neither BLENDERS , COMPOUNDERS
NOR RECTIFIERS ; also that we use the utmost
care to purchase our goods from the most reliable
houses in America , and just as we get them , they
pass into the hands of our customers NO
SPURIOUS IMITATIONS or IMPURE LIQ-
OURS OFFERED FOR SALE. WE HAVE
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN TOWN
WHOLESALE DEALER
IN A. MELTENDORFF
PABST AND KRUG BEERS .
Teachers' Association , Mch.,9
VALENTINE , 1:30 P. M.
Report from superintendent's sec
tion , N. E. A. Chapters 7 , 8
and 9 Putman's Psychology
Miss Kortz.
Poems and Memory Gems in the
Rural School Effie. Starr.
Essentials of Good Teaching
Cora Thackrey
School-room Decorations.
Frances Harden.
Essentials of Teaching Heading ,
Chaps. 8 , 9 , 10..Prof. Watson.
Card of Thanks.
We desire in this way to ex
press our sincere thanks to the
many kind friends and neighbors
who assisted us in our recent , be
reavement.
MR. AND MRS. GEO. CAMM
AND FAMILY. *
Four room house to rent ; also ,
3 rooms over the Democrat Office
for rent as an office or light house
keeping. I. M. RICE.
Contest Notice.
U. S. Land Office. Valentine , Xebra ki )
entry
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jfjhmiotlc- * rvice
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ordered and directed ls &ereDy
by due and U ° "Ce De
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- OLSON. Receiver.
LET US FIGURE Qa YOUR
LUMBER
BILLS
BISHOP & YOUNG
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Cody , Neb.
